Toy.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 18, 1906.

Application filed September 4, 1906. Serial No. 333,219.

T0 all whom, t may concern:

Be it known that 1, ERNEST KINNEBREW, a i

citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in thecounty of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have in- `vented certainnew and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in toys;and the invention has for its object to provide a novel toy adapted toafford considerable amusement to children.

Another object of this invention is to provide a simple, attractive, anddurable toy wherein two miniature burlesque figures are made to seesawand give forth a sound at each oscillation of the seesaw.

lVith the above and other objects in view, which will more readilyappear as the invention is better understood, the same consists in thenovel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to behereinafter described in detail and then specifically pointed out in theappended claims.

Referring to the drawings forming part of this specification, likenumerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improvedtoy, the handle thereof being broken away. Fig. 2 is a similar view ofthe opposite side of the toy. Fig. 3 is a plan of the toy, and Fig. ilis a cross-sectional view of the toy.

To put my invention into practice, I construct the toy of a T-shapedframe 1, having a suitable handle 2. Two wheels 3 are journaled on thecross-head 4 of the frame, whereby the toy can be pulled or propelledover a floor or the ground. The wheels 3 are provided with crank-pins 5,the object of which will presently be described.

The frame 1 is provided with a transverse bar 6, and pivoted at the endsof the bar are two rods 7, which have their rear ends connected to thecrank-pins 5 by connectingbars 8. Fulcrumed upon the bar 6 adjacent tothe rods 7 are beams 9 and 10, the forward ends of the beams beingconnected to the rods 7 by crank-arms 11. Upon the ends of the beams aremounted miniature burlesque figures 12, two of said figures beingprovided with hammers or mallets 14, adapted to strike a bell 15,mounted upon the frame 1 between the beams 9 and 10.

Pivotally mounted centrally of the bar 9 is a vertically-disposed frame16, representing a fence or railing. The frame 16 is oscillated by therods 7 striking the ends of the frame. The frame 1 is provided with adepending leg 17 to support the handle of the toy in an elevatedposition when the toy is at rest.

As the toy is pulled or propelled over a surface the revolving wheels 3impart an oscillatory movement to the rods 7 through the medium of theconnecting-bars 8, and as said rods are oscillated a similar movement isimparted to the beams 9 and 10. As the beams 9 and 10 are oscillated thefigures 12, carrying the hammers or mallets 14, will strike the bell 15,and the rods 7 at each oscillation will strike the ends of the frame 16and oscillate said frame upon the bar 6.

The toy can be constructed of metal or wood and the burlesque figureshighly ornamented to present an attractive appearance.

that I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A toy consisting of a T-shaped frame having a handle, wheelsjournaled upon said frame, a transverse bar carried by said frame, rodspivotally mounted in the ends of said bar, connecting-bars connectingsaid rods and said wheels, beams fulcrumed upon said transverse bar andconnecting with said rods, a frame pivotally mounted upon said bar andoscillated by said rods, burlesque figures mounted upon the ends of saidbeams, a bell mounted upon said frame, between said beams and adapted tobe struck by two of said figures, substantially as described.

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